New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-08-25
GATHERING OF PROHIBI1TOY1STs.
PREPARING FOR THE STATE CONVENTION.
DELEGATES ARRIVE AT sYRAcUsE-PLANs FOR THE
STATE CANVASS.
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STATE CANVASS.
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SYRACUSE, Aug. 24.-The delegates to the Prohibition
State Convention began arriving In this city early to-
day and to-nght two OF the notes.-the Empire House
and the Burns Huse are filled with them The wives
and children OF many OF the delegates accompany
the which has the effect OF giving the assemblage the
look OF family gathering rather than that OF political
conference The NewYork and Brooklyn delegates came
in special train and headed by the Sing Sing Brass
Band marched through the streets to the Empire House.
There were Is OF the 100 delegates OF NewYork on the
train and 40 Of the 4s delegates Of Brooklyn Conspcu-
GUS In the NewYork delegation the Rev. X. Funk,
OF The Voice w. Jennings Demorest, the Prohibition
candidate for LeutenantGo in 1885, W. i. Ward
we H. the Prohibition candidate for Mayor of NewYork
I'm 1856 Horace Waters, the ReyW. II. Mccormick aud
Charles +. Mannierre
The New York delegates brought with them plan for
reOrganzng the system OF eecng the State Committee
Of the party Under the present syste each Of the sixty
counties has one vote. NewYovk County therefore, has
only vote, with voting population OF 2oO,Ooo,
while Putnam County with voting population of only
$1,000 has the same The NewYork delegates desire that
the members of the state Committee be elected by Con-
gressOna Districts In this New-York would have
nine members instead OF one. An Allegheny County
delegate succincty put the argument Of the Prohibition
lists against this change, when he said NewYork at the
last election pOled 757 Prohibition votes, while Ale
ghany County gave 1,4S1."
The delegates from the interior Of the State where tho
party is strong have not yet arrived In large numbers
Among those delegates who have come are Henry Clay
BascOm Of Troy. the partys candidate for Governor In
1ss5 william j. Groo, candidate for Judge OF the Court
OF Appeals in 1856, and A. A. Hopkins OF Rochester
John B Finch OF Nebraska the chairman of the
National Prohibition Committee will be here tomorrow
morning. Ex Governor st. John has decided not 10
The state Committee met tonight and selected the
Rev. l. X Funk for temporary chairman o. t1e conyeD @
mitee stated tonight that the indications were that
9ls delegates and atcrnates would be present at the
the history Of the party Mr.. Wheeler also said: Our
organization in this state Is complete so far as the
counties and the state concerned Probably should
have put I'm the two exceptions Clinton and Essex
Counties which the weakest but then these viii be
attended to Immediately. We working to organize
every town and committee OF three Will be appointed
for every school district throughout the state Al least
district The county committees must include one mem
her from each county and the state Committee one from
each civ This different from any other method pur
sued organizing parties, which usually form their
commuters from Congressional Districts. Below the
county organizations arc not complete but hundreds
OF towns active In this work.
We are making departure In the line OF tent
work Enough money is raised in each county to urnsh
tent Under the auspices Of the county committee able
speakers are selected they travel from town to town.
remaining three days eacn. holding revival meetings
The arranged so that they can be taken about
the country seuben County raised 81 300 for ths pur
pose and their been the road during the last
six weeks The tent movement is sso In operation IN
Albany and Rensselaer, Counties. We intend tlat TINS
method shall become general next year III AIO-Ay
County intend TO take glee cup WIN US on our Jour-
Through this tent method ana e dlstrDulo OF our ht
erature expect 20 get at the farmers OF the state
II stated that John b. ST John had made PrOnlb
ton speeches at sherman. at Cherry Creek and at Ere
dona In Chautauqua County within the last fortnight
and that strong efforts hal been made 10 increase the
strength OF the Prohibition party In the hudson RIVER
Valley the Prohibition campmcetng at Sing Sing
being OF these efforts. Some OF the delegates have
attached the pes OF their coats badges OF brass OF
peculiar model When they are asked what II Is ney
reply II Ia represent crank IL It not natural mat
Prohibiti0nist should wear one ~ There Is prOiusc
display OF badges by all the delegates.
The New-Yor men were debating tonight the nonina
tiOn OF some ode in NewYOrk or Brooklyn for state
Office. They rather favor the nomination for state Treas
urer OF Morris H. smith OF the banking firm OF T. BWal
Lace 4 Co.. OF Broad-st.. NawYork There is talk OF
nominating Thomas Fortune the coored editor or me
Fireman. of New York. for the same Office.
The convention will open with prayer-meetng az
o'clock tomorrow morning in the Alhsmbra RINK Inc
meeting will last TIL IL ~, when the regular work OF
the convention will begin.